'3 Days to Kill' juggles comedy, Kevin Costner

6:43 PM,
Feb. 20, 2014

Amber Heard, left, and Kevin Costner star in "3 Days to Kill."

Written by

Bill Goodykoontz
Gannett

Anyone with children can relate to the struggles that Kevin Costner's character faces in "3 Days to Kill," as he juggles the challenges of raising a teenage daughter with the need to assassinate a small army of bad guys.

Or not.

The film is directed by McG but co-written and produced by Luc Besson, who mined similar territory in the "Taken" films. But where Liam Neeson was trying to save his daughter in the first one, Costner's just trying to keep his daughter out of high-school trouble. ...